In their fight against cancer, doctors have just gained an impressive new weapon to add to their arsenal. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a chip that can save lives by diagnosing certain cancers even before patients become symptomatic.
May 12th, 2008
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The arm of the federal government responsible for coordinating nanotechnology research and regulations across the country has called on experts from North Carolina State University to craft a white paper that will lay out how government and industry officials should communicate potential risks associated with nanotechnology to the media and the public.
May 12th, 2008
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If you work in the electronic, biomedical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, energy, catalytic, and materials industries and your employer uses nanoparticles or materials that contain nanoparticles, you may be at risk for exposure.
May 11th, 2008
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The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Users Organization has named Oleg G. Shpyrko as the recipient of the 2008 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award.
May 9th, 2008
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Designer labels have a lot of cachet - a principle that's equally true in fashion and physics. The future of nuclear physics is in designer isotopes - the relatively new power scientists have to make specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies.
May 9th, 2008
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Higher temperatures yield tunable, supersensitive Hyper-CEST MRI.
May 9th, 2008
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Scientists in Singapore have invented a tiny machine that can rapidly prepare, purify and genetically analyse blood or other biological samples in less than 20 minutes
May 9th, 2008
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In the future, the rigid electronic boards will not place restrictions in the design of new products, as the manufacturing technology is being developed towards more flexible, design-friendly and inexpensive form of electronics. New manufacturing methods will change the production processes and will enable the manufacturing of entirely new kinds of products.
May 9th, 2008
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The UK's Technology Strategy Board has revealed its three-year strategic plan and outlined how it will promote and invest in technology-driven innovation for the benefit of business, to increase sustainable economic growth and to improve quality of life.
May 9th, 2008
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Good insulation for nanowires provided by self-assembling molecular-scale sheaths.
May 9th, 2008
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Government and private sector should join hands and carry out focussed research to make India a significant player in nanotechnology, former President APJ Abdul Kalam said.
May 9th, 2008
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The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University invites you to help design the future of nanotechnology.
May 8th, 2008
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology developed the first device to directly measure complex ultrashort light pulses in space and time at and near the focus.
May 8th, 2008
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Fabrication technique could yield low-cost, scalable nanowire photonic and electronic circuits.
May 8th, 2008
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A cure for cancer, a solution to rising fuel prices or a whole new generation of super-strong materials coming out of the Hoosier state? This and much more possibly lies within the emerging realm of nanotechnology, according to a covey of national nanotechnology experts in Indiana on May 2, 2008.
May 8th, 2008
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The House Science and Technology Committee yesterday unanimously supported H.R. 5940, the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act, which will update and expand the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI).
May 8th, 2008
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